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Herts and Essex Observer 3 July 1920

Herts and Essex Observer 9/6/1945 reported: 'WAR CHARITIES ACT, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is proposed to apply to the Essex County Council for the Registration under the above-mentioned Act of STANSTED WELCOME HOME AND WAR MEMORIAL FUND, the objects of which are shortly as follows: 1. The names of the fallen from Stansted Parish to be engraved on the existing War Memorial. 2. Public Welcomes and personal presents to returning members of the Forces from Stansted Parish. men and women, in the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Merchant Navy. Also the next of kin of those who died on service to be recipients of the present. 3. Balance of Total Fund. a. To be administered for the benefit of Ex-Servicemen and women or their dependents or next-of-kin, through a Special Committee appointed by the Stansted Branch of the British Legion on which the Parish Council shall be represented, and/or b. Towards the formation or equipment of a Community Association or Community Centre. And the administrative centre of which is situate at Halfway, Millfields, Stansted Essex. Any objections to the proposed Registration should be sent in writing to the above-named Council within 14 days from the date of this notice. June 9th, 1945. E CAWKELL, Chairman. J. D. BLAIR, Hon. Secretary'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003122/19450609/007/0001

Historic England's record of the Grade II Listing of the Memorial describes it as 'War Memorial. C20 commemorating WWI and WWII. Portland stone. Decorated cross with engraved stonework extending down into the slender tapered shaft. Base of rectangular podium with recessed panel bearing names of 1914-1918 war dead: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF STANSTED WHO FELL IN THE FIRST GREAT WAR. Podium is on three tiered steps with the 1939-1945 war dead in inscribed in the risers. Group value with St. Johns Church'. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1389546

Liz Lake Associates blog: has details of the refurbishment of the memorial and surroundings in 2017 https://www.lizlake.com/stansted-mountfitchet-war-memorial/

Lest We Forget: The First World War Memorials of Uttlesford District , published 2014 by the Recorders of Uttlesford History ISBN 978-1-873669-14-3 pages 98 and 99 have details of the memorial and WW1 casualties.

The War Memorials Trust's record of the memorial can be found at https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/101166/